Chris is a media creator based in Wolfville with a keen interest in combining storytelling with new technologies in film, video, audio and the web. He teaches Screen Arts at Nova Scotia Community College in Dartmouth. He's edited film, shot video, recorded sound, hosted radio and tv shows. He / Him
Introducing Canadian director Sarah Polley’s 2012 documentary film Stories We Tell along with some information on Polley’s other films. She directed the 2006 film Away From Her and the 2011 film Take This Waltz.
I count down my top 10 films from 2018. My full list of 20 films is on Letterboxd.
Arnaud Desplechin’s seasonally-appropriate 2008 sprawling family melodrama A Christmas Tale (Un Conte de Noël) is introduced.
Claire Denis’ 2017 film Let the Sunshine In is introduced along with some background on the career of the French filmmaker.
On the inaugural I Watch Movies microcast I introduce the documentary Faces Places from 2017 which was co-directed by JR and Agnès Varda.